New Scotland Supervisor LaGrange told The Enterprise that he’d received a letter on Civil Service Employees Association letterhead stating employees in five departments were seeking to be represented by the public-sector union. 

In two Article 7 petitions filed on July 17 with Albany County Supreme Court, the owner of 125 Vista Boulevard, a parcel that lies in two towns in Vista Technology Park, requested that its Bethlehem assessment be lowered from $37.5 million to $20.25 million and its New Scotland assessment be reduced from $985,500 to $444,000. 

CM Fox Living Solutions LLC first proposed a 10-home development in September of last year.

On July 19, Christopher Beckmann requested that the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals grant him a variance from the town code requiring installation of a fire sprinkler system in his proposed business and for a public hearing on his special-use application.

In its Article 7 petition, filed July 24, Crossgates requested that an Albany County court lower its Guilderland assessment from $234.2 million to $102 million.

At the Guilderland Comprehensive Plan Update Committee’s most recent meeting, members heard consultant MJ Engineering’s draft vision for the plan while settling on subcommittees to flesh out the vision.

On July 18, Altamont trustees were presented with the early findings of a feasibility study commissioned some time last year to look at the possibility of a new, stand-alone Altamont firehouse. 

The voluntary and anonymous survey was performed during Voorheesville’s school budget and board elections, and sheds light on voter demographics, voters’ motivations, and concerns related to the recent vote. 

Voorheesville School Board members had been deliberating since at least November as to whether they should allow BusPatrol the opportunity to affix cameras to the outside of district buses to catch violators who pass a stopped bus with its stop arm extended and its red lights flashing. 

The Voorheesville School Board approved a new three-year contract with the district’s teachers’ union, including a 3-percent annual salary increase and increases to sick-day buyouts. While the union didn’t accomplish everything it wanted, the salary increases and other financial gains were seen as significant progress.